Space Industry News: Headlines from Across the Industry

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Planet co-founder Chris Boshuizen to fly with Blue Origin SpaceNews · 27 Sep 2021 Planet co-founder Chris Boshuizen will be one of four passengers on the next flight of the Blue Origin New Shepard suborbital vehicle.
Classified satellite declared lost after China launches twice in 2 hours SpaceNews · 27 Sep 2021 The status of a classified satellite launched from southwest China Sept. 27 remains unknown more than 12 hours after liftoff.
Spaceflight offers lunar flyby rideshare mission SpaceNews · 27 Sep 2021 Launch services provider Spaceflight sees a lunar flyby mission opportunity next year as a pathfinder for future opportunities to support customers going to both geostationary orbit and the moon.
SpaceX Crew Dragon to perform first space station “flyaround” in November Teslarati · 27 Sep 2021 A member of a NASA safety advisory panel says that SpaceX’s second operational Crew Dragon spacecraft will perform the first International Space...
Space Development Agency revises Transport Layer procurement, with fewer satellites per launch SpaceNews · 27 Sep 2021 The Space Development Agency revised a request for proposals that previously had sought bids for 144 satellites. It is now seeking proposals for 126 satellites, and will procure the other 18 at a later time.
MDA highlights speedy tasking, broad coverage of Radarsat-2 follow-on SpaceNews · 27 Sep 2021 MDA’s Radarsat-2 follow-on will include a C-band synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) satellite in a mid-inclination orbit capable of collecting imagery in a 700 kilometer swath at a resolution of 50 meters per pixel.
Monday launch from California begins countdown to Atlas 5 retirement Spaceflight Now · 26 Sep 2021 The launch of a Landsat environmental monitoring satellite Monday from California’s Central Coast will be the first liftoff of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket since the company confirmed there will be 29 more Atl...
NASA Releases Interactive Graphic Novel “First Woman” NASA · 25 Sep 2021 NASA released its first digital, interactive graphic novel on Saturday in celebration of National Comic Book Day. “First Woman: NASA’s Promise for Humanity” imagines the story of Callie Rodriguez, the first woman to expl...
Lucy’s Principal Investigator discusses upcoming mission to Jupiter’s Trojans NASASpaceflight · 25 Sep 2021 Of the varying types of celestial objects humans have sent spacecraft to investigate, there remains a select group of asteroids, located in two separate locations in our solar system, that we have yet to visit — the Troj...
Blue Origin, Rocket Lab, SpaceX, ULA win Space Force contracts for rocket technology projects SpaceNews · 25 Sep 2021 Blue Origin, Rocket Lab, SpaceX and United Launch Alliance were selected to participate in Space Force development projects to advance rocket engine testing and launch vehicle upper stages.
Inside Varda Space’s plans to revolutionize in-space manufacturing NASASpaceflight · 24 Sep 2021 The idea of manufacturing commodities in space is not a novel concept. The International Space Station — humanity’s hub for research and development in microgravity — has hosted several research payloads which have produ...
NASA’s Artemis program prepares for liftoff Space Scout · 24 Sep 2021 SEP. 23, 2021--As Artemis nears its first launch, sweeping organizational changes and new contracts could guarantee its future into the 2030s...
UN secretary-general criticizes “billionaires joyriding to space” SpaceNews · 24 Sep 2021 The secretary-general of the United Nations lumped space tourism alongside corruption and loss of freedoms as part of a “malady of mistrust” facing the world, another sign of the backlash in some quarters to private huma...
Orbit Fab to launch propellant tanker to fuel satellites in geostationary orbit SpaceNews · 24 Sep 2021 Orbit Fab, a startup offering a refueling service in space, will launch a propellant tanker to geostationary orbit on a SpaceX Falcon 9 lunar lander mission projected for late 2022 or early 2023.
NASA seeks a new ride for astronauts to the Artemis launch pad Ars Technica · 24 Sep 2021 Among the options NASA is considering is modifying the Astrovan. This is the way.
House committee presses NOAA on commercial weather data and space traffic management SpaceNews · 24 Sep 2021 Members of the House Science Committee asked the new administrator of NOAA to make more use of commercial satellite data and take action on space traffic management.
Rocket Report: Analyst dings Virgin Galactic, Astranis moves to Falcon Heavy Ars Technica · 24 Sep 2021 "Point blank, in our view, it is unacceptable."
SpaceX’s next commercial Falcon Heavy launch to carry Astranis rideshare satellite Teslarati · 24 Sep 2021 Geostationary satellite communications startup Astranis has decided to move its first operational satellite launch from a SpaceX Falcon 9 to a Falcon...
Photos: Landsat 9 encapsulated inside Atlas payload shroud Spaceflight Now · 24 Sep 2021 The Landsat 9 satellite is set for launch Sept. 27 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. These photos show the encapsulation of the environmental monitoring spacecraft inside the payload fairing of its Atlas 5...
Northrop Grumman to launch new satellite-servicing robot aimed at commercial and government market SpaceNews · 23 Sep 2021 Northrop Grumman in 2024 will launch a new servicing vehicle equipped with a robotic arm that will install propulsion jet packs on dying satellites.
SpaceX installs Mechazilla ‘claw’ on Starship launch tower Teslarati · 23 Sep 2021 In the latest chapter of SpaceX’s Starship launch tower chronicle, the company has rolled a claw-like component to the pad and attached...
Video: Inspiration4 booster returns to SpaceX hangar for refurbishment Spaceflight Now · 23 Sep 2021 The Falcon 9 rocket used last week to launch the all-civilian Inspiration4 crew into space has returned to a SpaceX hangar at Kennedy Space Center for refurbishment ahead of a future mission.
Iowa Students to Hear from NASA Astronauts Aboard Space Station NASA · 23 Sep 2021 Students from Iowa will have an opportunity next week to hear from NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
NASA to Hold Lucy Launch Preview Briefing NASA · 23 Sep 2021 NASA will hold a virtual media briefing at 2 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Sept. 28, to preview the launch of the agency’s first spacecraft to study Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids.
NASA's Perseverance Rover Cameras Capture Mars Like Never Before NASA · 23 Sep 2021 Scientists tap into an array of imagers aboard the six-wheeled explorer to get a big picture of the Red Planet.
IXPE nearing shipment to Florida for December 2021 launch NASASpaceflight · 23 Sep 2021 The launch of the Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) observatory is now targeting December 13, 2021, onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The IXPE X-Ray observatory is the lat...
Smallsat specialist OrbAstro busy building downstream dreams SpaceNews · 23 Sep 2021 OrbAstro, a space-as-a-service startup with visions of flying “tiny satellites in large flocks,” is gearing up to launch its first half-dozen smallsats in 2022 — including its just-announced first micro satellite.
Next commercial Falcon Heavy mission to launch debut Astranis satellite SpaceNews · 23 Sep 2021 Astranis said Sept. 23 that SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket will launch its first commercial satellite in a direct-inject mission to geostationary orbit in spring 2022.
NASA Announces Virtual Webb STEAM Day Event for Students, Educators NASA · 23 Sep 2021 NASA invites learners of all ages, including students and teachers who recently returned to the classroom environment, to register for a special event ahead of the upcoming launch of the James Webb Space Telescope. Webb...
Rocket Lab to launch Astroscale inspection satellite SpaceNews · 23 Sep 2021 Rocket Lab will launch an Astroscale mission to rendezvous with a spent rocket stage in low Earth orbit, a prelude to eventually deorbiting the stage.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk explains why Blue Origin’s Starship lawsuit makes no sense Teslarati · 23 Sep 2021 For the first time since SpaceX competitor Blue Origin took NASA to federal court after losing a Moon lander contract to Starship...
SpaceX sees growing demand for private Crew Dragon missions Spaceflight Now · 23 Sep 2021 With the all-civilian Inspiration4 crew mission back on Earth, SpaceX’s director of human spaceflight programs says the company is seeing increased interest in more private astronauts flights to orbit, and may expand its...
NASA urged to avoid space station gap SpaceNews · 23 Sep 2021 NASA needs to ensure that commercial space stations are ready before the International Space Station is retired to avoid a “space station gap” with geopolitical consequences, industry officials and other advisers warn.
Exo-Space pivots to meet demand for on-orbit processing SpaceNews · 22 Sep 2021 Exo-Space, a Los Angeles startup formed in 2020 to offer inexpensive easy-to-assemble cubesats, has pivoted in response to growing demand for on-orbit data processing.
NASA completes swing arm test on SLS launch platform Spaceflight Now · 22 Sep 2021 The swing arms on the mobile launch tower for NASA’s Space Launch System released and retracted Sunday night inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center, another key test on the march toward liftoff of t...
GAO steps up criticism of Space Force’s missile-warning satellite procurement SpaceNews · 22 Sep 2021 The Space Force is providing Congress overly optimistic forecasts of its planned procurement of missile-warning satellites, GAO said in a new report.
Xona Space Systems fully funds GPS-alternative demo mission SpaceNews · 22 Sep 2021 Californian startup Xona Space Systems has raised $8 million to fully fund an orbital demonstration next year of its navigation payload, which aims to provide an alternative to GPS and other global navigation satellite s...
NASA completes umbilical test for SLS Artemis 1 mission NASASpaceflight · 22 Sep 2021 NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket completed another milestone on its way to launch with the Umbilical Release and Retract Test (URRT). The URRT was performed on the rocket on September 19 while it stood in High Bay...
Space Station Crew to Relocate Soyuz, Make Room for New Crewmates NASA · 22 Sep 2021 Three residents of the International Space Station will take a short ride aboard a Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft Tuesday, Sept. 28, relocating the spacecraft to prepare for the arrival of the next set of station crew members.
NASA official says Starliner demo mission not likely to launch until next year Spaceflight Now · 22 Sep 2021 The head of NASA’s space operations division said this week an unpiloted test flight of Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule to the International Space Station, delayed from August by valve problems, will likely not launch un...

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